No dispute with the South in the top 2 positions of the college football rankings. Florida and Alabama are great choices for the top 2 spots in the country and they stand alone in college football. The Texas Longhorns is a weak choice at 3 with their light schedule and unimpressive win margins against weaker teams. They are several other undefeated teams in the top 10 in college football that don’t have any real competition. It seems the polls don’t mind them jumping good 1 loss teams, as long as that one loss team isn’t the USC Trojans. It gets old every year seeing USC ranking way too high in the polls. They play in a weak Pac 10 and still can’t manage to win all of their games. I’m not going to bother with the small schools sporting perfect records. This is about the USC football program versing the southern teams in college football and how the money in Southern California is wrecking the landscape of college football.

You can focus on 3 one loss teams to see just how much disrespect there is for the South in college football. The LSU Tigers and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets both should be ranked above the USC Trojans. All 3 teams have one loss. The Tigers from Louisiana got beat by the number 1 team in the country (Florida) and it’s their only loss on the season. The GT Yellow Jackets loss to a undefeated Miami Hurricane team at the time; which after this past weekend, they got their 2nd loss of the season with a overtime loss against Clemson. Who did USC lose to? They got beat by a Washington Huskies team that didn’t even win a football game last year. Washington has manage to win 3 games this year, but have still lost 5 football games this year. How does opponents with zero and two losses rank higher than one with 5 losses?  There is no way in the world why USC should be ranked 5th in the BCS and ranked 4th in the other two polls! Knock, knock, is there anyone home? How do you have a team ranked 5th, 4th, and 4th in the country; when they got beat by a team that didn’t win 1 single football game last year and have 5 losses this year?

Last week USC was ranked 7th in the BCS Standings. This week they move up two spots in the rankings with a 6 point win at home over an unranked Oregon State team. Georgia Tech managed to move up 1 spot (12th to 11th) with a road victory over Virginia where they beat them by 25 points and held Virginia’s offense to only 9 points; while Oregon State posted 36 points against the 5th ranked USC Trojans! No one lost in front of USC’s position in the rankings; while Georgia Tech had Miami lose in front of them. A team that loses is an automatic bid for a drop in the polls, so Georgia Tech only got the 1 spot that was handed to them by a Miami loss. USC got handed 2 spots and no teams lost, they played at home, and barely won the game! In a weekend that favored Georgia Tech in any way you choose to look at it (home or away; margin of victory, etc..), the Yellow Jackets clearly deserved more support in a move up, but USC still beat them in the bias ranking game by moving up 2 spots to Georgia Tech’s 1 spot.

Oh don’t forget about the LSU Tigers either! They did have a home game like USC did this past weekend, but they beat the Auburn Tigers by 21 points and only allowed Auburn to score 10 points for the game. For their reward of beating Auburn they got nothing in the BCS Rankings! The BCS Rankings just awarded USC two spots in their precious poll for winning a home game by 6 points against an unranked Pac 10 Team. While Georgia Tech and Auburn combined moved up 1 spot with both of their opponents combined putting up 19 points; versing the 36 points allowed by the over ranked USC defense. It wouldn’t even be a fair match up to put this Southern California team against LSU or Georgia Tech. This would be an easy 2 touchdown win for the Tigers or Yellow Jackets and they could even play the game at the Coliseum. I’m being very kind to say “2 touchdown”, I really don’t think it would even be that close.

If you’re an LSU Tigers fan, player, or coach and you’re mad with the BCS Rankings; then you should be! Not at the small schools that have perfect records to this point. Your anger should be directed at the USC Trojans for having the same record as you, but your loss was to a 0 loss team and USC was to a 5 loss team and the same team that beat USC this year, is the same team you beat on the road this year in Washington. Only way for USC to be ranked higher than LSU right now would have to do with corruption and the fact USC has the richest college program in the country. USC is under investigations by the NCAA and suspensions will be coming; due to the fact they paid Reggie Bush’s family money. Future recruits coming out of high school should avoid USC; since the chances of a bowl game suspension is very possible in Southern California.

The True Top 10 Rankings of College Football (Week 9)

1. Florida

2. Alabama

3. Texas

4. LSU

5. Georgia Tech

6. Cincinnati

7. TCU

8. Iowa

9. Boise State

10. Virginia Tech

Sorry Oregon, your 1 loss was to Boise State and your home game against Purdue you only won by 2 points and Purdue manage to beat the over ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. Only reason you have a top 10 ranking in the BCS is because USC needs this to help them. Pac 10 teams are over ranked in general with Notre Dame and Ohio State over ranked based on popularity and opponents of the USC Trojans.